This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Jacksonville, Florida. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

The purpose of this solicitation for Vegetation Management for JEA (this "Solicitation") is to evaluate and select a vendor to provide furnishing all labor, equipment, and material necessary for Line Clearance and Right-of-Way Mowing of all designated JEA electric, water, and wastewater facilities, in accordance with the requirements of this specification as described in this Solicitation (the "Work") and to determine the best method for JEA to procure the Work with regards to pricing, quality, design, and workmanship. The location of the Work shall be any job site within the boundaries of JEA's service territory. This includes, but is not limited to urban, suburban, and rural environments, work within the travel way of single and multi-lane roadways, wooded rights-of-way, plants (power, water, wastewater), electric substations, lift stations, well sites, timberland, and near commercial and industrial facilities. This bid solicitation consists of a combination of Production or Firm price per mile for routine scheduled distribution 2.5-year cycle pruning, and T&E rates for other vegetation related work. Production crews will bill the same rates as hourly rates of T&E crews if they are performing T&E work. JEA estimates a total of 3,003 Production circuit miles per 2.5-year cycle or roughly 1,200 Production miles per year. The JEA service area is broken up into 3 districts. The districts will be completed simultaneously requiring the Contractor to always have a group of crews in each district. Each district shall have a dedicated General Foreman (GF) responsible for Production crews and their work (three GF's). Any Production work scheduled within a quarter should be completed in that quarter. Any carryover works not completed by the end of the first month of the following quarter will be subject to liquidated damages, as detailed in the Liquidated Damages section, until the work is completed and verified complete by JEA. These Liquidated Damages will include weekends and holidays. All Reponses shall be accompanied by a bid security in the amount stated on the Response Form. The bid security must be furnished by the Respondent at or before the opening of the Responses. The bid security shall either be issued by a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Florida, or Respondent shall furnish a certified check or cashier's check in the amount of five percent of the total amount shown on the Response Form. The JEA Bid Bond form can be found at jea.com. Failure to furnish the required bid security will disqualify the Response. If the Respondent is awarded the Work and fails to execute the Contract within ten (10) days of postmarked date on the Contract Documents, JEA shall retain the Bid Bond or check as liquidated damages. After receipt of the Contract, the Company awarded the Work shall furnish a Payment and Performance Bond in the amount indicated on the Response Form, made out to JEA in forms and formats approved and provided by JEA, as security for the faithful performance of the Work of Contract. JEA will send the approved bond forms to the Company for execution along with the Contract, however, in no case shall the date on the bond forms be prior to that of the executed Contract. The surety must be authorized and licensed to transact business in Florida. A fully executed Payment Bond and Performance Bond must be recorded with the Clerk of Duval County Court and delivered to JEA before JEA will issue a Purchase Order to begin the Work. No Purchase Order shall be issued until the Payment and Performance Bonds are recorded and delivered to the JEA Procurement Department. If the Company fails or refuses to furnish or record the required bonds, JEA will retain the Company's Bid Bond as liquidated damages. Liquidated Damages In Contract The Contract issued pursuant to this Solicitation contains liquidated damages tied to project completion deadlines. The Respondent should review the specific time frames and liquidated damage amounts prior to submitting its Response. Question Deadline 09/23/2025 All questions and correspondence concerning the JSEB program should be addressed to the following contact: Bill Hickey Manager, Supplier Diversity Programs and Procurement Services JEA hickwj@jea.com or jsebprogram@jea.com This Solicitation provides potential Respondents with information to enable the submission of written offers. This Solicitation is not a contractual offer or commitment by JEA to purchase products or services. JEA reserves the right to reject all Responses, and to waive informalities if JEA deems such action to be in its best interest. JEA may reject any Responses that it deems incomplete or irregular including, but not limited to, Responses that omit a price on any one or more items for which prices are required, Responses that omit Unit Prices if Unit Prices are required, Responses that offer equal items when the option to do so has not been stated, and Responses that fail to include a Bid Bond, where one is required. JEA reserves the right to cancel, postpone, modify, reissue and amend this Solicitation at its discretion. JEA reserves the right to cancel or change the date and time announced for opening of Responses at any time prior to the time announced for the opening of Responses. JEA may Award the Contract in whole or in part. JEA may award multiple or split Contracts if it is deemed to be in JEA's best interest. Pre bid meeting notes: Mandatory Pre-Response Meeting via Microsoft Teams or Teleconference Microsoft Teams Need help Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 271 628 526 640 5 Passcode: XV6pn9rg Dial in by phone +1 469-208-1810,,534151238# United States, Carrollton Find a local number Phone conference ID: 534 151 238# Join on a video conferencing device Tenant key: jea@m.webex.com Video ID: 117 690 421 6 More info Those planning to attend via Microsoft Teams should send contact information to: Jason Behr, behrjv@jea.com, 48 hours prior to the Pre-Response Meeting to have contact information documented.